Hammock and spreader therefor.



I. B. PALMER.

HAMMOCK AND SPRBADBR THEREFOR.

APPLICATION IIIIID APR.10, 1014.

Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

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UNITED Sflrldllll@ EATENI FFICE.

ISAAC E. PALMER, 0F MIDDLETCWN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE I. E.PALMER COMPANY, 0F MIDDLETOWN, C'NNEGTICUT, `A CORPORATION 0FCONNECTICUT.

HAMMOCK AND SPI-LEADER THEREFOR.

Application led April 10, 1914.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC E. PALMER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Middletown, county of Middlesex, State of Connecticut,(whose post-ottico address is Middletown, Connecticut,) have 1nvented anImprovement in Hammocks and Spreaders Therefor, of which the followingdescription, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is aspecification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.l

rlhis invention relates to hammocks and to spreader-s therefor, animportant object of the invention being to provide a hammock which canbe packed in small compass for storage or transimrtatin. D

In order that the principle of the invention may be readily understood,I have disclosed a single embodiment thereof m the accompanying drawing,wherein- Figure 1 is a plan view of a hammock embodying my invention;Fig, 2 is a transverse section taken through the head end of the hammockat the spreader pocket; Fig. 3 is a similar view at the :foot end of thehammock; and Fig. @l is a view similar' to F ig. 1, but representingvtwo ot the .members of the spreader as disconnected.

An important object of this invention is to provide a hammock peculiarlyadapted for Sportsmen, campers or others moving from place to place.

The hammock of my invention is composed of a suitable body portion 1 ofwoven or other material and may if desired be provided with integral orattached edge balances. At the head end of the hammock I provide apillow receiving pocket 2, which is preferably attached to the hammockbody along its upper and lower edges, as indicated at 3, l, and isprovided with an open end or ends 5, 6 for insertion and ready removalof the head pillow. If desired, the pocket may be woven or otherwiseintegrally formed with the body of the hammock, but I prefer to providea separate piece sewed or otherwise secured thereto. Intermediate theends 0f the hammock, and preferably about midlength thereof1 I provide asimilar pocket 7 attached to the body at its upper and lower edges 8, 9,and having a free end or ends 9', 10. IVithin the pocket 7 I mayposition a body receiving pillow. The said Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

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pillows may be of any suitable length, but preferably are notsubstantially longer than the length of the pockets. Upon removal of thepillow or pillows the hammock may be readily rolled or folded into smallcompass.

At one or both ends of the hammock, I provide a sectional spreader ofimproved form, the members thereof being adapted to be readily andwholly disconnected, or to be united or assembled into substantiallyrigid form.

Hammocks have heretofore been provided with sectional spreaders, asshown for example, in my prior Patents, No. 700,978, May 27, 1902, andNo. 964,452, July 2, 1910, and also as shown in the patent to Funke, No.518,568, April 17, 1894. In these structures, however, the members ofthe spreader are not adapted to be wholly disconnected, nor are theyadapted to be attached together in substantially rigid form.

In that form of my invention herein shown, I provide at the head end ofthe hammock a pocket 11 consisting of a plurality of divisions, hereinthree in number, 12, 123 and lll. Obviously, however, any suitablenumber of such divisions may be employed. As shown most clearly in Figs.2 and 4, each division ot the pocket is provided with hemmed or othersuitable edges 15, preferably spaced sulliciently apart, as indicated insaid figures, to expose the meeting ends of the sectional spreader. Iprovide a spreader consisting of a plurality of members, the numberthereof corresponding to the number of divisions of the spreader pocket.Herein I have represented at the head end of the hammock three spreadermembers 1G, 17 and 18 preferably formed of wood. In the preferredembodiment of my invention, I provide the meeting ends of the saidspreader members with sleeve or socket means. F or this purpose I haveherein represented the intermediate spreader 17 as having secured toeach end metallic sockets or sleeves 19, 2O of sutlicicnt length toreceive the adj aeent spreader ends and to hold them in rigid relation.I have herein represented said sleeves as secured to the spreader member17 by pins 21.

The spreader members may be readily disconnected by grasping theadjacent pocket divisions and stretching them slightly apart,

thus permitting the separation of the spreader members, as indicated atthe left in Fig. 4. The spreader members can be as readily restored torigid relation With respect to each other. l/Vhen the spreader membersare separated, they can be folded against each other, and the Wholehammock l readily packed for storage or transportation. At the foot endor' the hammock I provide a spreader pocket 22 adapted to receive asectional spreader composed of any suitable number of members, butpreferably tivo, as indicated at 23, 24: in Fig. 3. In this case, lprovide one of said spreader members With a sleeve 24: secured theretoby a pin 25 and adapted to receive the adjacent end of the spreadermember 23, as already described. Preferably also the spreader pocket 22is composed of a pair oi' corresponding number of divisions 26, 27 asdescribed with reference to the head end of the hammock.

I provide suitable suspension means at the ends of the hammock. For thatpurpose l have herein represented cleW cords 28, 29V

suitably connected to suspension rings 30, 3l. The said clexv cords areattached to the respective divisions of the pockets 1l and 22, and ifdesired the clue cords may be continuous, extending from one point ofconnection at the pocket to another, and thus spanning, if desired, thedivisions thereof, as indicated in Fig. l.

It Will be clearly evident from the foregoing description that thehammock is peculiarly adapted to be packed in small compass, so that itmay be readily transported from place to place by campers, Sportsmen orothers.

Having thus described one illustrative embodiment of my invention, lvdesire it to be understood that although speciiic terms are employed,they are used in a generic and descriptive sense and not for purposes oflimitation, the scope of the invention being set forth in the followingclaims.

Claims.

l. A hammock having a transverse pocket and a spreader thereinconsisting of a plurality of members adapted to be Whollyand readilydisconnected, and means for attaching them together in substantiallyrigid relation.

2. A hammock having at an end thereof a transverse pocket consisting ofa plurality of divisions, and a spreader positioned in said pocket andconsisting of a corresponding plurality of members adapted to be Whollyand readily disconnected at the divisions of said pocket WithoutVremoval therefrom, and means for attaching said members together insubstantially rigid relation.

3. A hammock having at an end thereof a transverse pocket consisting ofa plurality of divisions slightly spaced apart, and a spreaderpositioned in said pocket and consisting of a corresponding plurality ofmembers having ends adapted to protrude from said divisions, and sleevemeans for attaching said members together in substantially rigidrelation.

Ll. A hammock having at an end thereof, a transverse pocket and asectional spreader therein consisting oi*` a series orn readilydetachable members socketed together.

A hammock having at an end thereof, a transverse pocket and a spreadertherein consisting o1Ll a series of detachable members sleeved together.

ln testimony whereof, l have signed my name to this speciiication, inthe presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ISAAC E. PALMER.

W'itnesses REUBEN M. BURR,

Cries. M. Sarnen.

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Washington, D. G.

